Nanoplax thomai

Nanoplax thomai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xanthoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Xanthoidea

Familia: Pseudorhombilidae
Genus: Nanoplax
Species: Nanoplax thomai

Name

Nanoplax thomai Felder, 2020

Holotype: Male, cw 11.6 mm (ULLZ 5794 = USNM 1542142 [1]), 1 August 2002.

Type locality: Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, Ewing Bank, 28°06.30’N, 91°02.11’W, 57–71 m.

Etymology: named after Brent P. Thoma.

References

Primary references

• Felder, D.L. 2020. A new crab of the genus Nanoplax from the Gulf of Mexico, and assignment of Micropanope pusilla to a new genus (Crustacea, Brachyura, Pseudorhombilidae). Zootaxa. 90(2): 133–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.9 Reference page. 
  • [original description of Nanoplax thomai: P. 533–540; Figs. 1A–H; 2A–I; 3A–F]

Links

• Nanoplax thomai in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Nanoplax thomai – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Nanoplax thomai.
• ION
• Species-ID

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